One of the hallmarks of President Barack Obama’s tenure in office has been his remarkable hypocrisy on a number of issues.

Take, for example, his saddling of American citizens with Obamacare while exempting himself and other members of the political and corporate elite, or working to disarm citizens while overseeing an obscene arms buildup by various government agencies.

Then of course there have been his suggestions that the American people should tighten their belts to get through tough economic times while he enjoys vacation after vacation on the taxpayer dime.

Obama first scolded Congress for its vacations, for not passing funding to combat the Zika virus, for not addressing flood relief in Louisiana, for not holding hearings on Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland, for not passing a budget and a whole host of other issues.

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“At the very least, we should expect that they do their jobs,” he intoned, oblivious to how hypocritical such an admonition sounds coming from the campaigner- and vacationer-in-chief.

Case in point: Mere hours after lecturing GOP lawmakers on their work ethic, Obama was out the door of the White House and headed toward the golf course at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, to do what he does best — spend the afternoon golfing instead of doing his own job.

Pres Obama at Ft. Belvoir, VA for a round of Saturday afternoon golf. 79° and cloudy. Heading to mid-80s.

According to the count of CBS White House correspondent Mark Knoller, the Fort Belvoir golf course is like a second home for Obama, ranking only behind the course at Andrews Air Force Base for most rounds played during his presidency.

As for those things he scolded Congress for not getting done, it is helpful to remember that Obama’s own Democrats have knocked down several attempts at passing Zika funding by making unrelated demands on the bills.

By my count, this is Pres Obama's 55th time playing golf at Ft. Belvoir, his 2nd most frequent golf destination, behind @JBA_NAFW at 104.

Obama himself ignored the Louisiana flooding, as he was too busy to be bothered about it while … wait for it: he was on vacation, golfing in Martha’s Vineyard.

And with regard to Supreme Court nominee Garland, that is an old issue that has already been covered, with the Senate making itself perfectly clear that he wouldn’t be confirmed.

Most of us have known for some time that Obama is a hypocrite, but in case anybody had forgotten in the midst of all the craziness of this year’s election cycle, he oh-so-obtusely offered us yet another reminder by lecturing Congress about doing its job before hitting the links and golfing the afternoon away.